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Hello DrupalCon! Have you arrived yet? DrupalCon Portland starts officially tomorrow but come and get your badges and awesome t-shirts. I was going through the session list to pick out what sessions would be most beneficial for me and I wanted to share what I thought were the sessions every digital marketer or Webmaster should attend.Tuesday: 9:00 am – 10:00 am OR 204 - BlackmeshThe Future of Views This session is directed towards site builders and people who have used views before. Views are very powerful in Drupal and as a marketer have allowed me to pull dynamic content fast and keep my website up to date. Drupal 8 will have views in core so I hope to learn what changes will be made from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 in views and how to best prepare for this change. Hope to see you there.

10:15 am – 11:15 am Hall AThe wonders of Drupal This is a beginner session about Drupal, Community and DrupalCon. This session is always given before the “Driesnote” and is fun and educational. You will get some good tips about how to get the most out of your time at DrupalCon. Enjoy

10:15 am – 11:15 am OR 203 - PalantirAsset Management in Drupal 8 This session is focused for front-end developers but as a Webmaster you should know how these things work. This session is going to cover how assets are declared and managed in Drupal 8 and discuss the new possibilities. I think this is worth a listen.

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The DrupalCon Portland Sessions every Webmaster should attend!

Katelyn Fogarty's picture
Hello DrupalCon! Have you arrived yet? DrupalCon Portland starts officially tomorrow but come and get your badges and awesome t-shirts. I was going through the session list to pick out what sessions would be most beneficial for me and I wanted to share what I thought were the sessions every digital marketer or Webmaster should attend. Tuesday: 9:00 am – 10:00 am OR 204 - Blackmesh The... More

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Automate review for security risks with source code analysis

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Notes from Views Mini-Course, Part II: Creating Flexible Views with Drupal

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Here are notes from the 2nd class in our Views mini-course. Watch the recording Views Mini-Course, Part II: Creating Flexible Views with Drupal 7. Review the notes and recording from last week. Sign up to Views Mini-Course, Part III: How to back up your Views safely. May 15th. In today's class we will look at the Views UI in detail. I'll show you how to create flexible views.... More

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